August 6
8:10 AM
‘Well, this is nice. A lovely little break from the madness of everyday.’ Kumiko smiled at Haruto. They walked hand in hand towards the restaurant of the five star hotel for breakfast.
‘You look beautiful, Kumiko-chan.’
‘And you look handsome, anata!’
Haruto grinned with a boyish charm that made Kumiko’s heart skip a beat. She hadn’t seen this smile in months. She thanked the heavens for small pleasures in life.
‘Look, there’s a shoe store inside this hotel. Shall we take a look?’
‘Anything for you, Kumiko-chan. Lead the way.’
The store attendant welcomed them despite the early hours. Business wouldn’t begin until ten, but he had no intentions of sending away the young couple disappointed. Anything to see few smiles during these dark days.
‘Please take your time to try the shoes. The best shoe store in Hiroshima is at your disposal.’
Kumiko beamed, ‘Did you listen to that, anata? I have all the time in the world to try out these pretty shoes.’
31000 ft above them, the USAF Enola Gay prepared to drop the ‘Little Boy.’
Written for FFfAW hosted by Priceless Joy. Thank you PJ and Yinglan for this week’s prompt. Please read other entries here.
That was an unexpected end! Beautiful 🙂
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Thank you, Samarpita
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How terrible and tragic tale. Beautiful post.
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Thank you for the kind words. The reality was worse than any fiction spun about it.
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Could not agree more.
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Master of twists
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Thanks, Ruchi.
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So we have to learn to live in the moment i guess!
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Seems like always a good choice. Thanks for the comment, Sudha.
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Wonderful story with unexpected end. Thanks
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Thank you for the kind words.
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Great twist.
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Thank you kindly.
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No one has all the time in the world. That’s why it’s so important to live in the moment.
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You said it.
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Ohh. I was expecting something else. Very well woven
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Thanks for the comment, Bhagyashree.
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Lovely combination of facts with fiction.
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Thanks for the comment, Sonia.
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Very well done!
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Thanks for the comment, Dahlia.
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A story so well told, fiction and fact woven together brilliantly
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Thank you, Michael.
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Wow, what a chilling ending! Fantastic story! So sad that it is true.
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Indeed! In fact the reality was much horrible than fiction.
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Yes!
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The fact it was done without any warning to civilians makes it all the worse. What an atrocity.
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Indeed! We, humans, have the propensity of destroying each other and the gall to call it justified.
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Heartbreaking end to s beautiful love story.
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Thanks, Natasha.
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Ending was unexpected!
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Thanks, Meena.
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Great end.
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Thanks, YS.
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Well that escalated quickly.
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Reality might have been weirder.
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I remember reading a series of essays written by people who survived the atomic blast, everyone from school children to office workers. No one had the slightest idea what had happened.
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